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Last week unions across Canada marked the 20th anniversary of the deaths of 26 miners in the Westray disaster. Their deaths resulted in a law making employers criminally responsible for the deaths of workers. The law is rarely applied. The photo is of a memorial to the workers near where they died. (Photo: L. Endicott/Our Times) Click here to read more labour news from Canada and here to read more about the Westray distaster at Our Times.Got a photo that should be here? Post it via Flickr.
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Thursday 17 May 2012, 00:33:40
Top news stories from Egypt
The labour activist who is a candidate for Egyptian President - but he is unlikely to win in the elections [Al-Ahram Weekly] 2012-05-13Mr. Kamal Abbas’s Appeal: The Hearing is Re-Scheduled for 16 June 2012 for the Defendant to Submit Further Supporting Documents and for Testimonials’ Hearings [CTUWS] ActNOW! 2012-05-07
Mahalla textile workers to go on strike Monday [Ahram] 2012-05-06
Security forces rescue Suez governor from angry workers [Ahram Online] 2012-05-04
On 2nd May Day since Mubarak ouster workers' unions still marginalised from political process [Jadalliya] 2012-05-02
Other labour news from Egypt
Long awaited cap on maximum wage to come into place in July [Ahram Online] 2012-05-14Governor orders investigation of worker who praised Mubarak [Egypt Independent] 2012-05-11
Journalists protest detention of colleagues during Abbasiya clashes [Ahram Online] 2012-05-10
Cairo-Alex highway reopens after steel plant workers end their blockade [Ahram Online] 2012-05-09
Journalist Union condemns arrest of members during Abbassiya clashes [Ahram Online] 2012-05-07
A Call for Solidarity: Kamal Abbas' opposition on the verdict that has been issued in absentia to six months imprisonment, will be looked by the Misdemeanor court in Helwan Tomorrow morning, 6th of May 2012 [CTUWS] ActNOW! 2012-05-07
استجابة لطلب الدفاع.. محكمة جنح حلوان تؤجل نظر معارضة الحكم الصادر فى حق كمال عباس إلى جلسة 17 يونيو 2012 لتقديم المستندات وسماع شهود الإثبات وت [CTUWS] 2012-05-06
تذكير بدعوة للتضامن غداً- الأحد الموافق 6 مايو 2012- نظر المعارضة فى الحكم الصادر غيابياً بالحبس ستة أشهر على كمال عباس المنسق العام للدار [CTUWS] 2012-05-06
Workers' voices grow louder on Labor Day in Egypt [Global Post] 2012-05-05
URGENT ACTION: Release Egyptian workers detained for going on strike [TUC] 2012-05-03
On Labour Day Egypt's workers still far from settling accounts [Ahram Online] 2012-05-02
Activists, presidential hopefuls take to streets on May Day [Egypt Independent] 2012-05-02
Presidential candidates use May Day to jostle for labor vote [Egypt Independent] 2012-05-02
Workers still search for that elusive better life [The Gulf News] 2012-05-02
Thousands hear Egyptian labor activist Kamal Abbas during Swiss May Day protests [WHS] ActNOW! 2012-05-02
May Day marchers in Zurich hear from Egyptian union leader Kamal Abbas [Swissinfo] ActNOW! 2012-05-02
Graffiti Hareemi honours Egypt's women workers on May Day [Ahram Online] 2012-05-02
Photo gallery: Egypt May Day protests [Ahram Online] 2012-05-02
VIDEO: May Day protests for Egypt's workers movement [Ahram Online] 2012-05-02
Workers struggle continues. Thousands fired at Shebin el-Kom factory, part of corrupt privatization deal [Real News Network] 2012-05-01
وقفة احتجاجية للعاملين بمشروع المخابز للمطالبة بالتثبيت [الفجر] 2012-04-30
خالد على : العمال هم اساس اى ثورة فى العالم [الفجر] 2012-04-30
اعتصام عمال المحاجر امام مبنى محافظة السويس للمطالبة بزيادة حوافزهم [الفجر] 2012-04-30
احتفالية عيد العمال فى الأول من مايو 2012 .. كونوا جميعاً معنا [EDLC] 2012-04-30
Trial adjourned at Australian-owned Sukari gold mine at centre of long-running worker disputes [Egypt Independent ] 2012-04-25
Parl't discusses minimum-maximum wages draft law [Daily News Egypt] 2012-04-20
URGENT ACTION: STRIKING EGYPTIAN WORKERS HELD BY MILITARY POLICE [Amnesty International] For more info 2012-04-19
Schlumberger continues destruction of Independent Egyptian Trade Unions [ICEM] 2012-04-19
Blasts injure twenty-three workers at Suez oil companies [Daily News Egypt] 2012-04-18
عمال مصانع سيراميك فينوس والأمير والأمراء يفضون اعتصامهم [CTUWS] 2012-04-18
استرداد الثورة يوم 20 إبريل واجب أساسى لعمال مصر [EDLC] 2012-04-17
اعتصام المئات من عمال مصانع سيراميك فينوس والأمير والأمراء أمام وزارة القوى العاملة [CTUWS] 2012-04-17
احتفالية عيد العمال فى الأول من مايو 2012 .. كونوا جميعاً معنا [EDLC] 2012-04-17
العدد 133 من مجلة كلام صنايعية الصادر عن دار الخدمات النقابية والعمالية [CTUWS] 2012-04-14
The labour movement and the future of democracy in Egypt [AJ] 2012-04-13
Train drivers strike disrupts traffic across country [Ahram Online] 2012-04-11
إضراب أكثر من 3 ألاف عامل بشركة سيراميكا زينوس بالعاشر ومدير بالمصنع يطلق النيران على العمال المضربين [CTUWS] 2012-04-09
بيان الاتحاد الإقليمي لعمال مدينة السادات المستقل: اضراب 9 آلاف عامل بشركات بشاى للصلب [CTUWS] 2012-04-09
A Call for Solidarity: Tomorrow morning 8th of April 2012 is to look at Kamal Abbas' opposition on the verdict that has been issued in absentia to him by the Misdemeanor court in Helwan to six months imprisonment [CTUWS] ActNOW! 2012-04-08
محكمة جنح حلوان تؤجل نظر معارضة الحكم الصادر فى حق كمال عباس إلى جلسة 6 مايو 2012 [CTUWS] 2012-04-08
محكمة جنح حلوان تنظر اليوم الأحد الموافق 8 إبريل 2012 معارضة الحكم الصادر فى حق كمال عباس.. الكثيرون فى أنحاء العالم يتطلعون إلى إلغاء الحكم الص [CTUWS] 2012-04-08
Most workers expect a pay rse in next 12 months:Poll [Daily News Egypt] 2012-04-08
2008 April 6 general strike demonstrated labour power sparking the 2011 revolution which overthrew Mubarak [Ahram Online] 2012-04-08
دعوة للتضامن: غداً- الأحد الموافق 8 إبريل 2012 - نظر المعارضة فى الحكم الصادر غيابياً بالحبس ستة أشهر على كمال عباس المنسق العام للدار [CTUWS] 2012-04-07
Public sector workers clash with army on 1st day of privatisation sit-in protests [Ahram Online] 2012-04-06
نداء لكل القادة النقابيين الشرفاء فى النقابات الديمقراطية المستقلة وكل المساندين للحريات النقابية [EDLC] 2012-04-06
وزير المالية وتابعيه بمصلحة الضرائب المصرية يواصلون تعنتهم ضد النقابات الديمقراطية المستقلةوقياداتها الشرفاء [EDLC] 2012-04-06
Journalist Union formally quits Constituent Assembly [Egypt Independent] 2012-04-06
Journalist Union withdraws from constituent assembly [Ahram Online] 2012-04-06
The Constitutional Court Judges: 'Trade Union Elections are Not Constitutional' [CTUWS] 2012-04-04
وقفة تضامنية ضد حكم حبس كمال عباس أمام محكمة جنح حلوان التاسعة صباح يوم الأحد 8 إبريل 2012 [EDLC] 2012-04-04
Workers protest Gvt plan to appeal anti-privatization court verdicts [Daily News Egypt] 2012-04-03
دورة تدريبية نقابية للنقابات المستقلة بالاسماعيلية أيام 23 و 24 مارس 2012 [EDLC] 2012-04-02
المحكمة الدستورية تقضى بعدم دستورية الانتخابات النقابية [EDLC] 2012-04-02
المحكمة الدستورية تقضى بعدم دستورية الانتخابات النقابية [EDLC] 2012-04-02
بلاغ صحفى: اعتصام عمال الحديد والصلب [CTUWS] 2012-04-02
العدد 132 من مجلة كلام صنايعية التى تصدرها دار الخمات النقابية والعمالية [CTUWS] 2012-04-02
Unions gather strength in Egypt [The National] 2012-04-02
Pennsylvania From Strikes to Facebook: Egypt's Trade Unions in the Egyptian Revolution [Haverford College] 2012-03-31
Egypt's Workers Movement Strikes Back [The Real News] 2012-03-31
دورة تدريبية نقابية للنقابات المستقلة بالاسماعيلية أيام 23 و 24 مارس 2012 [EDLC] 2012-03-29
المفاوضة طريق الاستقرار وإيجاد حقوق لمشاكل العاملين بالحكم المحلى بالاسماعيلية [EDLC] 2012-03-29
مغالبة الإخوان فى تشكيل الجميعة التأسيسية للدستور لن تقهر الأمة المصرية [EDLC] 2012-03-29
اتفاقية جماعية بين عمال شركة سيراميكا كيلو باترا ورئيس مجلس إدارتها (السيد/ محمد أبو العينين) [EDLC] 2012-03-29
طلب مُقدم من النائب/ سيد عبد الراضى عضو مجلس الشورى ووكيل لجنة تنمية القوى البشرية والإدارة المحلية بشأن التعجيل بإصدار قانون جديد للنقابات [EDLC] 2012-03-29
المساواة والعدالة بين العاملين فى التربية والتعليم [EDLC] 2012-03-29
استقرار العاملون بمشروع تنمية جنوب الوادى بتوشكى عادل وعاجل [EDLC] 2012-03-29
ورشة عمل لاتحاد نقابات جنوب الصعيد نظمها مؤتمر عمال مصر الديمقراطى فى الفترة من 5-7 مارس 2012 [EDLC] 2012-03-29
Statement by ETUF on new constitution drafting [ETUF] 2012-03-28
Global union federation for tourism workers freezes membership of official Mubarak era union [Ahram Online] 2012-03-27
Int'l tourism worker union freezes membership of Egypt worker union [Bilya Masry ] 2012-03-27
تطور خطير لمواجهة الإضرابات العمالية.. محاولات يائسة لتفريغ الإضراب العمالى من مضمونه [CTUWS] 2012-03-24
المفاوضات مستمرة بين اللجنة النقابية للعاملين بالنقل البرى بهيئة النقل العام ومحافظ القاهرة [CTUWS] 2012-03-23
تقرير مرور عام على صدور إعلان الحريات النقابية.. بات الاستحقاق حال الأداء بصورة لا تحتمل التأجيل [CTUWS] 2012-03-23
رسالة تأييد لعمال البريد المصريين من نقابة يونى العالمية للعاملين فى البريد والخدمات [CTUWS] 2012-03-23
بعد اعتصامهم واضرابهم ثلاثة عشر يوماً متتالية .. إنتصار ساحق لموظفو هيئة البريد المصرى [CTUWS] 2012-03-23
A report: One Year after Issuing the Trade Union Freedoms Declaration.. Enforcement of Labour Standards is Overdue .. Now!! [CTUWS] 2012-03-23
(30) Non – Governmental Organization Declares Its Solidarity with Kamal Abbas and Calls for Quick Investigation of Corruption Cases in the general Federation of Egyptian Workers [CTUWS] 2012-03-23
Schlumberger décline l'offre de dialogue de l'ICEM [ICEM] 2012-03-22
Cairo train station grinds to halt because of worker strike [Ahram Online] 2012-03-22
Public transport workers take strike to parliament [DNE] 2012-03-22
Transport strike enters 2nd day, attempts to resolve dispute fail [Egypt Indepndent] 2012-03-20
Public transport workers resume full strike, to escalate to parliament [The Daily News] 2012-03-19
Labour Minister, Cleopatra Ceramics boss held as hostages now free after pay deal with workers [Ahram Onlne] 2012-03-17
Fagforeningsaktivist fengslet [Fri Fagbevegelse] 2012-03-16
Writers Union worried about return to Mubarak-era censorship under Islamists [Ahram Online] 2012-03-15
Workers at Egypt-Australian gold mine return to work - but dispute continues [Bikya Masr] 2012-03-15
Military responds with strike-breaking as independent trade unions flourish [Egypt Independent] 2012-03-14
State-run newspaper workers march on Parliament demanding pay rises [Ahram Online] 2012-03-14
Worker protests keep MPs from entering parliament temporarily [Ahram Online] 2012-03-14
Women workers honoured for overcoming obstacles, barriers [Daily News Egypt] 2012-03-14
Half a million public servants will get minimum wage: Official [Ahram Online] 2012-03-12
Long-time labor and political activist Hossam El Hamalawy gives his insight on the labor movement in Egypt [Business Today Egypt] 2012-03-12
Labour movement increases in intensity [Ahram] 2012-03-10
Call for solidarity with Kamal Abbas, sentenced for exercising his right to free speech [DWRC] ActNOW! 2012-03-10
Military court detains five over worker rights protest which stopped oil tankers [Egypt Independent] 2012-03-10
Labour movement activity increasing in intensity [Ahram Online] 2012-03-10
A tough road but Egypt's union mv't has a grand design to advance their rights [Business Today Egypt] 2012-03-10
Une peine de six mois de prison pour Kamal Abbas – un avertissement comminatoire pour les travailleurs qui attendent leur printemps [UITA] ActNOW! 2012-03-09
Veteran labour leader Hariri announced Presidential bid [Ahram Online] 2012-03-09